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Department of Geology, Imperial College, London SW7 2BP
Department of Geology, University of London Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
An International Conference on Thrust and Nappe Tectonics was held, 9–11th April 1979, at Imperial College, London under the aegis of the Geological Society of London and the Geology Department of Imperial College. The conference, which was convened by the editors of this volume, was attended by over 320 participants, of whom less than half came from Britain. The remaining participants came from, or had worked in, every continent in the world (except, as far as we know, Antarctica) so the conference was truly international.
This book contains the proceedings of that conference, the 44 papers given here representing more than 80% of the material presented. The order of the papers in this volume is somewhat different from that in which they were presented at the conference because of the restrictions imposed by having Lecture and Poster Sessions during the meeting.
At the beginning of the conference, it was considered that an attempt should be made to define the structures which were to be the topic of discussion. Consequently, John Dennis took his courage in his hands and proposed, for the consideration of the participants, a definition of the words ‘Thrust’ and ‘Nappe’. The ensuing discussion was lively and entertaining.
An edited version of this discussion and the written contributions which followed are collected by K. R. McClay and presented as the first paper in this volume and deals, in addition to the definition of thrusts and nappes, with other terminology used in this volume.
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